Did you ever hear the phrase 'be careful what you wish for, 'cause it could come true'. Well it's true.

For years I've been saying I'd love to attend a drawing class. I've looked all over the place and last January by chance (as if there is such a thing) I heard an ad on local radio and lo and behold I started on an Art Porfolio Preparation course on 24th January.

The course is designed for would-be applicants to the School of Art here in Limerick. The participants are mainly final year students in secondary school with the odd mature student thrown in...ok I finally admit it, I'm odd!

I'm having the time of my life on this course. Never having done art at school I could give loads of reasons why I shouldn't do the course at all. Every 'reason' could be blown out of the water in one way or another.

Our teacher's motto is 'drawing is not like brain surgery...if you get it wrong, no one dies.' With that liberating philosophy behind me I just can't go wrong.

In the past 8 weeks we've progressed from line drawings in pencil to tonal drawings in both pencil, charcoal and also colour - for colour I used oil pastels. Unfortunately we've only got 2 classes left.

But hey there are lots more wishes to wish!

All the best
Ger